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[PATCH v1 1/3] worktree: add post-worktree-add hook

From
Domen Kožar <domen@cachix.org>
Date
Jul 9, 2026, 23:36 UTC
Message-ID
<4864bcf9-1018-4b36-9239-47df247b8418@mtasv.net>
In-Reply-To
<20260709233542.628628-1-domen@cachix.org>

Tools that manage per-worktree state, such as development environment managers or IDEs, have no way to react when a new working tree is created. The only hook that fires during "git worktree add" is post-checkout, which is skipped when --no-checkout or --orphan is used and cannot be distinguished from a plain checkout.

Introduce a post-worktree-add hook that runs after the working tree has been fully set up, including with --no-checkout and --orphan. The hook runs inside the new working tree with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE cleared, mirroring the existing post-checkout invocation, and is given the absolute path of the new working tree and its identifier as arguments. Anything else, such as the checked-out branch, can be queried by running git from the hook's working directory.

Like post-checkout, the hook cannot affect the outcome of the command: a failing hook does not delete the already-created working tree, but its exit status becomes the exit status of "git worktree add". The hook runs after post-checkout and is skipped if that hook fails.

Documenting the new hook in githooks(5) also registers its name in the generated hook-list.h, so "git hook run" and hook.*.event recognize it without further changes.

Signed-off-by: Domen Kožar <domen@cachix.org>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Documentation/githooks.adoc |  20 +++++++
 builtin/worktree.c          |  15 ++++-
 t/t2400-worktree-add.sh     | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.adoc b/Documentation/githooks.adoc
index ed045940d1..2778f73f30 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.adoc
@@ -215,6 +215,26 @@ This hook can be used to perform repository validity checks, auto-display
 differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata
 properties.
 
+post-worktree-add
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-worktree[1] after `git worktree add`
+has created and set up a new working tree. The hook is given two
+parameters: the absolute path of the new working tree and its identifier
+(the name of its administrative directory in `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/`).
+
+The hook runs inside the new working tree, so further details, such as
+the checked-out branch, can be queried by running `git` from the hook's
+current directory. Unlike the `post-checkout` hook, it is also run when
+`--no-checkout` or `--orphan` is used.
+
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git worktree add`, other than
+that the hook's exit status becomes the exit status of the command. It
+runs after the `post-checkout` hook, and is skipped if that hook fails.
+
+This hook can be used to set up per-worktree development environments
+or to register the new working tree with external tools.
+
 post-merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index d21c43fde3..7b9d337234 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -605,8 +605,9 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Hook failure does not warrant worktree deletion, so run hook after
-	 * is_junk is cleared, but do return appropriate code when hook fails.
+	 * Hook failures do not warrant worktree deletion, so run hooks after
+	 * is_junk is cleared, but do return appropriate code when a hook
+	 * fails.
 	 */
 	if (!ret && opts->checkout && !opts->orphan) {
 		struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT_FORCE_SERIAL;
@@ -622,6 +623,16 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 		ret = run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-checkout", &opt);
 	}
 
+	if (!ret) {
+		struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT_FORCE_SERIAL;
+
+		strvec_pushl(&opt.env, "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", NULL);
+		strvec_pushl(&opt.args, wt->path, wt->id, NULL);
+		opt.dir = path;
+
+		ret = run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-worktree-add", &opt);
+	}
+
 	strvec_clear(&child_env);
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	strbuf_release(&symref);
diff --git a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
index 58b4445cc4..3754559a98 100755
--- a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
@@ -1132,6 +1132,119 @@ test_expect_success '"add" in bare repo invokes post-checkout hook' '
 	test_cmp hook.expect goozy/hook.actual
 '
 
+# Install a post-worktree-add hook and write the output expected for
+# adding worktree $1; the hook is installed in repo $2 (default ".git").
+post_worktree_add_hook () {
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook -C "$2" post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	{
+		echo $*
+		git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel
+	} >hook.actual
+	EOF
+	{
+		echo $(pwd)/$1 $1 &&
+		echo $(pwd)/${2:-.git}/worktrees/$1 &&
+		echo $(pwd)/$1
+	} >hook.expect
+}
+
+test_expect_success '"add" invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wanda &&
+	git worktree add wanda &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wanda/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" in other worktree invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wilbur &&
+	git -C wanda worktree add ../wilbur &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wilbur/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add --no-checkout" still invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wendy &&
+	git worktree add --no-checkout wendy &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wendy/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add --orphan" invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook winnie &&
+	git worktree add --orphan winnie &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect winnie/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" in bare repo invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	rm -rf bare2 &&
+	git clone --bare . bare2 &&
+	post_worktree_add_hook willow bare2 &&
+	git -C bare2 worktree add --detach ../willow &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect willow/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" runs post-worktree-add after post-checkout' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-checkout <<-\EOF &&
+	echo post-checkout >>hooks.actual
+	EOF
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	echo post-worktree-add >>hooks.actual
+	EOF
+	test_write_lines post-checkout post-worktree-add >hooks.expect &&
+	git worktree add wobble &&
+	test_cmp hooks.expect wobble/hooks.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failing post-checkout hook suppresses post-worktree-add hook' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-checkout <<-\EOF &&
+	exit 1
+	EOF
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	>post-worktree-add.ran
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git worktree add wozzle &&
+	test_path_is_missing wozzle/post-worktree-add.ran
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failing post-worktree-add hook leaves worktree in place' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	exit 1
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git worktree add wilma &&
+	git worktree list --porcelain >out &&
+	grep -F "worktree $(pwd)/wilma" out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failed "add" does not invoke post-worktree-add hook' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks occupied" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	>hook.ran
+	EOF
+	mkdir occupied &&
+	: >occupied/blocker &&
+	test_must_fail git worktree add occupied &&
+	test_path_is_missing occupied/hook.ran &&
+	test_path_is_missing hook.ran
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-worktree-add hook gets absolute path with relative worktrees' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf relhook" &&
+	git init relhook &&
+	test_commit -C relhook base &&
+	test_hook -C relhook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	echo $* >hook.actual
+	EOF
+	git -C relhook worktree add --relative-paths --detach wt &&
+	echo $(pwd)/relhook/wt wt >hook.expect &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect relhook/wt/hook.actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success '"add" an existing but missing worktree' '
 	git worktree add --detach pneu &&
 	test_must_fail git worktree add --detach pneu &&

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